After the Screening, the Night Was Far from Peaceful

Although Lin Xiao felt helpless, he knew everyone was worried about him.

He could only accept their kindness. But squeezing so many people into one row was really a stretch, so he simply moved to the second row, letting everyone sit around him in front and behind.

At that moment, the camera on the big screen focused on the 23-centimeter fragment of iron chain.

When the girls learned that the chain fragment had pierced to within just 1.7 millimeters of the major artery in his leg, they all sucked in a sharp breath.

Kim Taeyeon in the back row suddenly stood up, then sat back down. Her constantly shifting posture exposed the torment in her heart.

"1.7 millimeters..." she repeated the number over and over, as if doing so could ease Lin Yuan's pain.

On the big screen, Dr. Joseph, the lead surgeon, was explaining the surgical plan to his team:

"We first need to use a diamond-coated bone saw to cut off the portion protruding outside his body. Control the force carefully and avoid damaging the aorta."

"Then inject chilled saline for internal cooling and local cleansing."

"Finally, I'll personally extract the fragment. Help me stabilize the surrounding wound."

The simple explanation only made the girls watching infinitely more worried.

Everyone knew the surgery sounded simple, but in reality, it was unimaginably torturous. Calling it torture would not have been an exaggeration.

They stared fixedly at the big screen, afraid of missing even the smallest movement from the medical team.

Bzzzz!

Amid the whine of the diamond bone saw, Taeyeon's tears finally burst through the dam.

Looking at Lin Yuan's still-smiling face on the screen, she suddenly understood what it meant to scrape poison from the bone to heal an injury.

"He's comforting the doctors..." Taeyeon choked out, pointing